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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Savannah, United States
Airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering at Savannah (KSAV / SAV)
SAV (IATA) · KSAV (ICAO)
The wide-body reference code held at this field sets the terms: our hi-loaders board straight to galley height rather than staging trays at the foot of the aircraft. That single detail drives every uplift we run at Savannah, from scheduled inflight catering through ad hoc in-flight catering to a full three-cabin wide-body rotation staged airside on one loading sheet.
2,850 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
2
Runways
2
FBOs on station
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VIP at any volume
8 First covers or 400 passengers across three cabins, same execution
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24/7 order desk
Ad hoc, AOG and same-day uplift answered around the clock
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Multi-leg coordination
One loading sheet, every leg of your rotation
On the apron — Savannah
Wide-body aviation catering at KSAV / SAV
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window at Savannah
Aviation catering from sealed cart to galley door at KSAV
Wide-body uplift at Savannah runs on ramp access held under our own badges, not on a delivery left at the foot of the aircraft. From the sealed cart at our kitchen to the galley door on the apron, the catering uplift is tracked leg by leg rather than promised as a single lead time. What the timeline below shows is the sequence itself, at KSAV, not an estimate of it.
Between our kitchen and the wide-body stand at Savannah sit screening, an escort and apron traffic, and the convoy is the part of the job we plan against, not the galley catering itself. Every cart is sealed at the kitchen door, logged again at handover, and the temperature is read at both ends of that chain of custody. A coordinator signs the load before the hi-loader lifts it to the galley, so the catering uplift at SAV carries one name against it from seal to signature. Nothing airside moves on this ramp without that record attached to it.
One seal at the kitchen, one signature at the aircraft, nothing in between unaccounted for.
Crew meals from the flight kitchen serving SAV
Airline food supplier crews cleared for Savannah airport
The flight kitchen that provisions Savannah runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, built to HACCP standard from intake to sealed cart. That single-site layout is what lets airport catering at KSAV move a delegation, a diversion and a scheduled wide-body rotation off the same cold chain without splitting the specification across sites. Airport catering in Savannah stays inside that one building, from raw intake to the hi-loader waiting on the apron.
The team that handles government flight catering at Savannah is the same named crew every rotation, security clearance held on file rather than assigned ad hoc for a single movement. Each member sits on the access list, trained to the household and protocol standards a sealed uplift travels under, and the roster does not rotate outside that cleared group. Catering at SAV for a state or royal movement is worked by that team alone, start to signature.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at KSAV / SAV
Commercial aviation catering written per cabin at Savannah (SAV)
Menus at Savannah are written to the cabin and the mission rather than to a fixed cycle, so a scheduled rotation, a state visit and a wide-body charter each carry a different specification off the same kitchen. Produce drawn from the surrounding Georgia coast and countryside informs the seasonal choices without naming a single supplier or dish. Inflight catering at SAV moves from passenger meal boxes to a plated VVIP tray set on the same cold chain, sealed the same way regardless of cabin. Every allergen, halal, kosher and medical set is documented per passenger and per cabin before it leaves the kitchen.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Savannah are plated to a written specification held on file between rotations, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request rather than fixed to a set cycle. VIP flight catering here is filed against that standing order, not improvised for a single movement.
Business cabins
Business cabins at KSAV run on multi-choice hot service built to cabin specification, in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft. Crew meals travel the same tray sets, with cabin crew meals and pilot meals boxed separately to the roster.
Protocol & dietary
Household, religious and medical requirements are documented per passenger for every departure from Savannah, with halal and kosher sets and the full range of IATA special meal codes produced on a line kept apart from the main run. That separation is what lets inflight catering here carry a documented dietary set on every cabin without exception.
The three books
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Royal & Government Flights
Royal households · government · state operations
- Plated service · First to main cabin
- Protocol handling · security clearance
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Charter & Commercial
Charter · ACMI · group · scheduled · ad hoc
- 400 passengers · one uplift
- HACCP cold chain, logged to the galley door
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Private Jet
Business jet · VVIP charter · flight departments
- From 8 covers · plated forward
- Reheat sequence specified per dish
Compliance
HACCP-compliant aircraft catering at Savannah airport
HACCP
HACCP cold chain
Produced in our own certified kitchens, temperature logged end to end.
Clearance
Cleared personnel
Security-cleared staff, badged airside vehicles, escorted where the stand requires it.
Custody
Sealed chain of custody
Carts sealed at the kitchen, seals verified and handovers signed at the aircraft.
Allergens
Documented allergen sets
Allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements documented per uplift and per passenger.
Flight catering airside delivery at SAV
Savannah carries scheduled, charter and government traffic across two runways rated to a wide-body reference code, and that mix sets the catering plan station by station: a delegation arrival is a documentation problem before it is a kitchen problem, a charter wave is a capacity problem, and a repeat rotation is a repetition problem that a fixed specification solves. Airline catering at SAV is planned to that mix rather than to a single traffic type.
The route from our kitchen to the stand runs under our own ramp access, sealed carts carried by cleared drivers and lifted to galley height by hi-loader rather than left at the foot of the aircraft. Inflight catering at Savannah and in-flight catering in United States both move on that same convoy, escorted through screening before they reach the apron. Aviation catering at SAV depends on that route holding, not on the mission changing it.
One coordinator carries the load from seal to signature on every stand at this field, and the handover record travels with the cart until it is signed at the aircraft door.
Scheduled, charter and VVIP catering at KSAV / SAV
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Government and state flight catering at KSAV
A head of state aircraft boards here under the same wide-body reference code as any other movement, which is what lets government flight catering at Savannah run on standard ramp access rather than an arrangement. The protocol file travels documented per passenger, staffed by security-cleared crew, with the uplift sealed at the kitchen before catering at KSAV ever reaches the apron.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at SAV
On a 2850 metre runway rated to take a wide-body movement, royal flight catering at Savannah is held to a written household specification kept on file between rotations rather than rebuilt for each one. Private airliners, BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VVIP among them, board that same specification, with halal and household dietary requirements produced on request against the royal household's own standard.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Savannah
A full three-cabin load has to clear one wide-body stand in the order the galleys are laid out, and that sequencing is what charter flight catering at Savannah is built around. ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions all board the same way: charter flight catering at KSAV counted against the loading sheet before the hi-loader ever reaches the aircraft.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at KSAV
The wide-body reference code held at Savannah governs a rotation whether it lands as a scheduled service or an unplanned arrival. Ad hoc airline catering at SAV covers outstation catering for carriers that run this field as a stopover, diversion catering when a flight lands off its plan, and technical stop catering across a multi-leg pattern, crew meals in United States boarded on the same tray sets throughout.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at SAV
Two runways serve this field, and that keeps business aviation working off the same ramp access as the wide-body stands rather than a separate apron. Private jet catering at Savannah is delivered to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal by our dedicated branch, on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, with FBO catering and business aviation catering, or business jet catering, run off the same kitchen.
Private jets →
FBOs at Savannah
sheltair
signature aviation
Inflight catering trusted by operators at Savannah
Charter operators on flight catering at Savannah, United States
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“For a last-minute requirement at Savannah (SAV/KSAV), we contacted them as our airline catering partner. The response time was good and we did not have to manage several local suppliers ourselves. It made the station much easier to manage. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Boris — Ground Operations Manager
“Our team needed private jet catering in Savannah for a short-notice flight at SAV/KSAV. Everything arrived fresh, well presented, and easy for the cabin crew to organize before boarding. We had a smooth experience from order to delivery. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Jonas — Cabin Service Coordinator
“We had several special meals on our order at Savannah (SAV/KSAV) and everything was handled correctly. All requirements were followed and the cabin crew could see immediately which meal belonged to which passenger. We were happy with the accuracy of the order. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★☆Charter operator
Alain — Operations Controller
Airport catering reference for Savannah (KSAV / SAV)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 2,850 m |
| Runways | 2 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | KSAV |
Business jet catering questions at KSAV / SAV
Diversion catering and ramp questions at KSAV / SAV
What operations gets asked every week about Savannah.
Ask operations directly →At what point does an order for airline catering at Savannah need to be placed, and how late can the specification change?
The first step is confirming the cabin count and cabin mix against the loading window, and that lead time sets how late a specification change can still be worked in without missing the slot. Last minute airline catering is handled against the same sealed process, worked in as close to departure as the loading window still allows.
When does catering reach the aircraft airside at SAV, and how does it get there?
Once ramp access is cleared, the sealed cart moves under escort to the stand and is lifted to galley height by hi-loader rather than left at the foot of the aircraft. Airline catering at SAV is delivered this way on every rotation, scheduled or ad hoc.
Whose meal sets are produced on a separate line at KSAV, and how are they documented?
For halal, kosher and the full range of IATA special meal codes, the SPML request is logged against the passenger record and produced apart from the main run. Every set is sealed and labelled before it joins the rest of the uplift.
Are VIP, VVIP and government flights catered at Savannah, and under what protocol?
The same security-cleared coordinator who handles a scheduled rotation carries VIP flight catering and government flight catering movements here, working to a protocol file documented per passenger. That file travels with the uplift from seal to signature.
Does private jet catering reach the FBOs and the GA terminal at Savannah?
Every FBO on the field and the GA terminal are reached on the same cold chain as an airline uplift, with FBO catering run off the same kitchen and the same paperwork. No movement on this field sits outside that coverage.
Where can an operator find what airline catering costs at SAV?
The quotation itself is the document that sets it, built from the cabin count, the specification and the loading window rather than a published price list. Our desk returns that figure once those three are confirmed.
Outstation catering near Savannah
SVN / KSVN
Savannah
United States · 14 km from Savannah
Airline & VIP flight catering →
HHH / KHXD
Hilton Head Island
United States · 49 km from Savannah
Airline & VIP flight catering →
BQK / KBQK
Brunswick
United States · 100 km from Savannah
Airline & VIP flight catering →
Charter flight catering quote for SAV
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Four steps
Flight
Aircraft · stand · local time
Offloading
Return leg, if any
Order
Counts · menus · files
Contact
Who we come back to
Uplift at Savannah (SAV)